SKIINGBy: Angus

HISTORY OF SKIINGNobody knows the exact

year that skiing was invented

but it is estimated that the

Cro-Magnon man first

attached two planks to his

feet 22 thousand years ago. It

was first used as a technique for hunting animals that lived

in snowy climates

OLD SKIS

Skis have changed a lot

since from the first day

skiing was invented to now.

The first skis ever made

were simply made out of

carved wood. As those skis

developed they began to

have straps on the skis so

your feet wouldn’t fall off.

MODERN SKIS

Skis have changed from the first skis that were just wood to the advanced technology

of today. Today skis are made out of layers of

different materials put together. Skis are so

advanced today that there are different

kinds of skis for different terrain. There are freestyle skis which are usually twin tips so you

can land backwards off of a jump. There are

also powder skis which are thicker to make it

easier to ski In deep powder. Lastly there are

racing skis which are light weight so you can go faster.

POLES

NOW THENThe first ski poles ever made

were simply sticks. After that

people added little circle things on the bottom which

worked a lot better than

before. During that time they

started to sharpen the bottom.

Eventually ski poles were made out of bamboo.

Ski poles now have changed

a lot since the first ski poles.

The first ski poles were just

sticks and now they are

metal with plastic at the

bottom with plastic handles

with a strap.

EQUIPMENT

OTHER THAN

SKIS AND

POLES

HELMETS

If there were no helmets there would

be a much higher risk for concussions

and even death. There are still lots of

concussions with helmets and if there

were no helmets the number of

concussions would go up by a lot.

There are two different kinds of

helmets. There are just regular helmets

with lots of protection if your head hits

a rail in the terrain park and there are

more aerodynamic helmets for racing

.

GOGGLES

Goggles have come a long way

since they were first invented.

When they were first invented

they were just a lens and a

strap. Now they are very

complex and a lot better. Now

goggles are made out of

special material and special

lenses. Some goggles even

come with an extra pair of

lenses for different light

conditions.

BOOTS

Boots are a very important part of

skiing. If there were no boots your

feet would slide off of the skis a lot.

Boots are fit specially to your foot so

that it is not too tight and not too

loose. Boots clip into bindings which

are fit perfectly to your boot so your

feet are attached to your skis. Boots

also help not break your legs

because they can pop out of the

bindings.

WHAT ARE

THE

DIFFERENT

TYPES OF

RUNS/SKIING?

POWDER SKIING

Powder runs are when there has been a big dump of snow. Sometimes you have to hike a little bit to get to the best powder. You can usually use any type of ski but there are a special kind of ski meant for skiing. These skis are called powder skis. Powder skis are much wider than different kinds of skis so they skim across the top of the powder. Powder skiing can only be a couple centimetres of powder or it can be waist deep of powder.

GROOMED RUNS

Groomed runs are the easiest to keep control on because they have no bumps or obstacles. To make a groomed run a vehicle drives up the run, takes out any bumps and smooth It out. People who work on the mountain groom some of the runs once the mountain is closed for the night.

TERRAIN PARK

Terrain parks have a lot of different features

like jumps, boxes, rails and pipes.

Unfortunately most injuries happen in the

terrain park. There are lots of ways to get

injured in the terrain park like landing wrong

on a jump and breaking a bone or falling

off of a rail and hitting your head on it. The

snow in the terrain park is usually groomed

because if there was powder everywhere

you wouldn't get going fast enough to hit a

jump. The ski mainly used for terrain park is

twin tips which are skis with tips on the back

as well as the front. Twin tips usually have a

special shape to the ski so it hurts less to

land off big jumps.

MOGULS

Moguls are bumps in a run made by other skiers. Over

time people ski and moguls

are formed. There are several

different techniques for

moguls. Lots of people do not

like mogul runs because you

cannot go fast and it makes

your legs sore. There are no

specific type of ski that you

have to use.

TREE RUNS

Tree runs are similar to powder skiing because there is usually powder

everywhere. The only difference

between the two are in tree runs you

are surrounded by trees. In tree runs

there are usually some small jumps. Something good about tree runs is

that they are not very busy because

sometimes they are kind of hidden.

Sometimes when tree runs have

been skied a lot there are moguls in them.

HELI SKIING

Heli skiing is when people take a

helicopter to the top of a mountain and ski to the bottom. They take a

helicopter because they have to in

order to get to the best powder.

Most people do this a couple of days

straight because it is a once in a life time opportunity and they don’t

want to only do it for one day. Most

people go in groups because there is

a risk of avalanche. For heli skiing you

have to have powder skis because the powder is so deep.

CATSKIING

Catskiing is very similar to heli

skiing in lots of different

ways. In fact the only

differences are in catskiing

you don’t go to the top of

the mountain and the main

difference is you don’t go

up in a helicopter, you go in

a vehicle that climbs up the

mountain.

WHAT ARE

THE

DIFFERENT

LEVELS OF

RUNS?

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Intermediate

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Double

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SELF REFLECTION

I really enjoyed learning even more

than I already knew about skiing.

Everything that I learned was very

interesting to me but if I had to chose

the most interesting thing it would be

learning about the top 10 ski resorts. I

think I did well on having lots of

pictures and creating visual pictures. I

think I could have done better by

putting in more information. Overall I

enjoyed learning about skiing.

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